Man throws firecrackers over White House fence

September 16, 2013|Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A man threw firecrackersover the White House's north fence line on Monday, just hoursafter a deadly shooting rampage in the U.S. capital in which 13people died, the U.S. Secret Service said.

White House uniformed agents ordered journalists in theWhite House driveway inside the building after the firecrackerswere thrown over the fence, a U.S. Secret Service spokesmansaid.

With the capital on high alert after the earlier shootingrampage, reaction to the firecrackers was immediate, with sometweeting that shots had been heard. "There have not been shotsoutside the White House," U.S. Secret Service spokesman EdDonovan said.